BOARD AGENDA MEMORANDUM
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Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Special Tax Summary Report and Resolution Providing for Levy of the Special Tax Rates and Authorizing a Procedure for Correcting Special Tax Amounts for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.
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RECOMMENDATION:
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A. Accept the fiscal year 2021-22 Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Special Tax Summary Report; and
B. Adopt the Resolution PROVIDING FOR LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX PURSUANT TO THE SAFE, CLEAN WATER AND NATURAL FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURE IN THE COMBINED FLOOD CONTROL ZONE OF THE SANTA CLARA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZING A PROCEDURE FOR CORRECTING SPECIAL TAX AMOUNTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-2022.
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SUMMARY:
Provisions of Resolution 20-64 (Providing for the continuation and levy of special tax to pay the cost of a Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program in the combined flood control zone of the Santa Clara Valley Water District subject, nevertheless, to specified limits and conditions) require Santa Clara Valley Water District's (Valley Water) Chief Executive Officer to prepare a written report recommending rates for the Safe, Clean Water and Natural Flood Protection Program (Safe, Clean Water Program) Special Tax, which was approved by voters on November 3, 2020. Rate limits as specified in the Safe, Clean Water ballot measure are indexed to the fiscal year (FY) 2020-21 rates plus the change in the Bay Area Consumer Price Index (CPI) or 2 percent, whichever is greater.
Based on projected costs of the Safe, Clean Water Program activities, and reports released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicating that the change in CPI from February 2020 to February 2021 is 1.57 percent, staff recommends that the special tax rates for FY 2021-22 be set at their maximum level for FY 2020-21, which would reflect a 2 percent increase.
The senior exemption provided for in the ballot measure will continue to allow low-income parcel owners over t...
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